In order to honor the history of this location, Community Roots Housing (formerly Capitol Hill Housing) convened an advisory board that included daughters of the original founders, a former executive director of the bank, long-time community members, leaders in the Central Area, and religious leadership to advise on how to tell the story of Liberty Bank through art, historic documents, and architecture.
In this regard, the project partners are indebted to Joquelyn Duncan, Derryl Durden, Michelle Purnell-Hepburn, Merle Richlen, George Staggers, and Pastor Witherspoon, who together represent a cross-section of Central District leadership and a link to the history of Liberty Bank. Their involvement was critical to ensuring that the legacy will be remembered and appropriately honored.
The advisory board’s final recommendations, released in May 2015, were integrated into the final design.